At Word Camp Ahmedabad, taken a session on Fear and Uncertainty Management, which can help conquer fears. It covers fear setting, actions against fear, becoming warrior and improving faith in self.

1. fear and
uncertainty
management
- VATSAL SHAH
mentor, business coach and transformer
#WCAhmedabad – 7th OCT 2017

2. Fear
• an unpleasant emotion caused by the
threat of danger, pain, or harm
• be afraid of someone or something, as
likely to be dangerous, painful, or
harmful
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3. Uncertainty
something that causes
one to feel uncertain,
dilemma, suspicion,
doubt, worry, stress, etc.
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Fear and uncertainty are
different words. But they are
wired or coupled in our brain
Success of an entrepreneur is defined by how
good he is in managing own fears and
uncertainties. His choices and decisions set
the future for company and himself.

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Uncertainties  FEAR
All uncertainties does not cause fear. But each fear has some uncertainty in background

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There are 2 types of uncertainties
• Controllable / Non-Controllable/
Partially Controllable
• Affirmative / Negative
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There are various types of fears.
Top ones are,
• Fear of death
• Fear of loosing wealth
• Fear of loosing loved ones
• Fear of loosing business / clients
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• Fear of unknown
• Competition
• Uncertainties due to law changes
• Uncertain market / technology
• Managing finance / profitability
• Fear of obsolesce / being current
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• Kids future
• Environment / politics / terror / society
• Fear of loosing face / image
• Fear of being confronted
• Fear of public appearance
• Loosing key talent, et al.
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Let us deal with
fear and
uncertainties with
power

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List or Define
your worst
fear /
uncertainty
What would
be the worst
impact
What actions
can be taken
to prevent
What would
be benefit of
taking action
Fear / uncertainty setting

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Fear occurs bigger in our
imagination then real
Overthinking on fear/ uncertainties causes inaction

13. Occurrence of fear
• 40% of the things we worry about never happen
• 30% are in the past / cannot be helped
• 12% involve the affairs of other, which is none of your business
• 10% relate to sickness or real fact
Only 8% of the things which we worry about are likely to happen
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14. Confidence level while dealing them
• This is amazing
• Is this a Joke?
• I cannot do this
• Actually, I may be able to
• This is amazing
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Worrier / Warrior
LEAR N FR OM AN TIVIR U S

16. Mind Programming
If, you can do something about it,
Why shall you fear ?  Take actions
Else, if you cannot do something about it,
Why shall you fear ?  quarantine current thought
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Words of wisdom
• Faith is the extreme opposite of Fear,
focus on upward spirals instead of
downward
• Remember power of secret  thoughts
become things

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Everyone wants to win, some
people refuse to lose
Vatsal Shah
Mentor, Business Coach and Transformer
Pragmatic Consultancy
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